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Nigeria's air force kills more than 15 Islamist fighters in an airstrike on hideouts in Borno's Sambisa forest, while troops separately kill 13 Boko Haram militants after repelling an ambush on a military convoy along the Gubio–Damasak road.
2025-09-3

More than 35 ISWAP fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the Cameroon–Nigeria border in Kumshe, Borno State, Nigeria.
2025-08-23

At least 40 people are killed during an attack by Boko Haram gunmen in Dumba, Borno State, Nigeria.
2025-01-12

At least 42 women, residents of an IDP camp, are abducted by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria.
2023-08-23

Hundreds of residents flee and government forces withdraw after the town of Marte in Borno State, Nigeria, is captured by Islamic State – West Africa Province militants. The military says it "tactically withdrew" troops, while confirming the town is under insurgent control.
2021-01-16

Boko Haram jihadists storm a village near Gamboru, Borno State, Nigeria, killing three people and kidnapping more than 40 others. It is the second mass abduction by the Islamist group this month.
2020-12-27

Boko Haram insurgents ambush an oil exploration team in the Magumeri area of Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 69 people.
2017-07-30

Nigerian officials report, as a result of negotiations, Boko Haram has released an estimated 82 schoolgirls who were among about 220 kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok in Borno State in April 2014.
2017-05-6

According to a civilian vigilante, 20 people are killed after Boko Haram militants open fire on cars outside a village in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno state.
2015-10-21

Islamist terror group Boko Haram abduct two prominent traditional rulers from Borno State in Nigeria.
2014-05-30